Race Lineup
Steakhouse Elite 200
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
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- Darlington Raceway
- Steakhouse Elite 200
- Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
- Age: 39
- Team: No. 16 - Hyperice Chevrolet
- Owner: Kaulig Racing
- Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
- Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
- AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the Steakhouse Elite 200 by having the highest total PMQ.
- PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
- 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
- 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
- 25% of the owner's final race position.
- 35% of the Owner Points position.
- Drivers Entered: 43 (5 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 147
- Laps Actual: 148 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.422 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 2 Minutes 51 Seconds
- Average Speed: 98.739
- Cautions: 9 for 43 laps
- Lead Changes: 13
- Green Flag Passes: 1,417 (13.5 passes per green flag lap)
- Darlington Raceway
- 2nd Annual Steakhouse Elite 200
- Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
- Age: 34
- Team : No. 7 - Good Humor Ice Cream Chevrolet
- Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
- Crew Chief: Jason Burdett
- Justin Allgaier won the 2nd Annual Steakhouse Elite 200, his 16th victory in 348 Xfinity Series races.
- This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
- This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 12 races at Darlington Raceway.
- Josh Berry (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Darlington Raceway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
- Brandon Jones (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
- Josh Berry (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Noah Gragson won the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash this week at Darlington. Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, and Brandon Jones along with Noah Gragson qualified for the final round of the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash at Dover International Speedway next weekend.
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